Scottville · Urban Centre

Language in Scottville

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Around the middle of similar areas for language diversity, Scottville (L) is a place where English is the dominant tongue. Only 3.4% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Scottville, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 82.5% of the population, and while the use of other languages rose by 3.4 percentage points since 2011, it remains well below the Queensland average. No one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure.

3.4% ▲ —

Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 3.4%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

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In Scottville, English only is the majority at 98%; Tagalog is next at 2%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Scottville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322105/scottville/topic/language